Help to record the wildlife of Leicestershire and Rutland

Submit any sighting of an animal, plant or fungus – with or without a photo – to put your dot on our species distribution maps. All records are passed on to local and national recording schemes.  All wildlife records are valuable, common or rare, and whether from your garden, local park or a nature reserve. Help To Record

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Whimbrel - Numenius phaeopus

Chris Lythall
Little Stretton - 02 May 2008

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The latest newsletter from the Leicestershire Entomological Society is now available for viewing on this website. With news and features about all things insect related in Leicestershire - including a new sawfly and an intriguing find at Bradgate Park: a Snow Flea!

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We are inviting all users of NatureSpot to find and submit records for Common Whitlowgrass, and would like to add as many ‘dots’ to our map of Leicestershire and Rutland as possible. More...

The season may be over for most fungi but one species comes into its own at this time of year - Velvet Shank, Flammulina velutipes - which can be commonly found growing on dead wood. More...

Every wildlife sighting submitted to NatureSpot will immediately add a dot to the county distribution map. You can view these maps on every page in our Species Library. Help us to plug the gaps - even common species are often under-recorded and more data is needed. More...

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